1 down’s view of
6 is represented cryptically by 4, 29, 22; his view of 2,15 is
shown normally by 7 and 24 across. All these clues are
undefined.

ACROSS1 Prisoner gets stabbed and
red stuff appears (5,3)5 Mount paintings
entered by amateur artist (6)10 Half
of unit’s struggling to get hold of a right uniform
(9)11 One island or several without a
head of state (5)12 Officer on beat has
year with tummy trouble (7)13 Sea god
appears before opera’s third interval
(7)14 One gets nothing out of new free
Norton Antivirus stuff (10)17 Stupid
person’s heartless and cheeky revelation?
(4)20 Slash head off fish
(4)21 Plant producing silk that’s added
to sleeve (4,6)23
Rider's outside on horseback – possibly it's used
first? (7)24 Health Service’s beginning to
collapse (3,4)26 Hang loose and drink
(5)27 Isolde, falling short,
sang abominably, sliding through notes (9)28
Arrive by gold carriage (6)29 See 4

DOWN1 Kirk's almost past it,
as it were (9)2,15 Director Tarantino
involved with a film avoiding extremes – very unusual
(5)3 Coroner revised decision first of
all – that’s known to the public
(2,6)4,29,22 “One conquers heart of
foe, a big step overwhelming Dark Lord’s leaders.” Fantastic
imagery, knocking yours truly out! (5)6
One’s in a hurry on the phone (6)7 Thus
cheat in card game (3,6)8 Country’s
leader’s demoted – that shows discrimination
(5)9 It’ll help one new to tweeting come
out of his shell? (3,5)15 See 2
16 Those in attendance will need a long
time to follow English joke (8)18 Santa’s
home help not prepared to accept alternative
(5,4)19 Women with nasty streak primarily
inclined to do sport (5-3)22 See 4
23 Fibre found in some foods is
allergenic (5)24 Commonly it is not a
blemish (5)25 First off, dealt with uncle
having a beard (5)